Have you ever wondered what it might be like to live on Mars? NASA is looking for volunteers for a yearlong mission that will simulate what living on the red planet might be like. On Feb. 16, NASA put ...

Six recruits are spending 365 days inside a tiny dome on a barren Hawaiian volcano to help NASA understand whether humans can ...

Researchers identified a species that can survive radiation, extreme heat and simulated Martian soil, posing a new challenge ...

A fungus found in NASA cleanrooms has survived laboratory simulations of the extreme conditions of space travel and the Martian surface, according to a new study. The spores of Aspergillus calidoustus ...

A new NASA-linked study suggests fungal spores may endure deep space and Mars-like conditions, raising contamination fears.

NASA's Curiosity rover has identified more organic compounds on Mars as scientists strive to learn whether the Red Planet ...

Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn years ...

But a new study published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology suggests that some organisms may be far more difficult to ...

For years, NASA engineers have turned to a tool called the Launch, Ascent, and Vehicle Aerodynamics (LAVA) framework to solve ...